Barefoot Approach
Our aim is to accelerate leadership learning for scientists
The Barefoot Approach has been developed over 15 years designing and delivering training for scientists. It is based on the following principles:
Training time is precious…
...an investment in personal development, with financial cost and time away from the workplace – and should deliver real value to the individual and the organisation.
Training should be ambitious,
enabling participants to work at their learning edges with plenty of new tools, processes and ideas to absorb and practice.
‘One foot in training, one foot in the real world’.
Participants apply new tools and processes to their own situations. In effect, ‘doing work’ during the training.
Everyone is different and learns in their own way.
Training should be designed to be accessible to different learning styles and preferences.
Barefoot tools are simple, practical and multipurpose.
Think ‘swiss army knife’. If they weren’t, participants probably wouldn’t use them in the workplace and much of the training benefit would be lost.
Knowledge to action,
ensuring that learning from training is applied back in the workplace.
Our approach has been developed over 15 years designing and delivering training for scientists. It is based on the following principles:
Training time is precious…
...an investment in personal development, with financial cost and time away from the workplace – and should deliver real value to the individual and the organisation.
Everyone is different and learns in their own way.
Training should be designed to be accessible to different learning styles and preferences.
Training should be ambitious,
enabling participants to work at their learning edges with plenty of new tools, processes and ideas to absorb and practice.
Barefoot tools are simple, practical and multipurpose.
Think ‘swiss army knife’. If they weren’t, participants probably wouldn’t use them in the workplace and much of the training benefit would be lost.
‘One foot in training, one foot in the real world’.
Participants apply new tools and processes to their own situations. In effect, ‘doing work’ during the training.
Knowledge to action,
ensuring that learning from training is applied back in the workplace.